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Lima
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Limacea
Family:
Limidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
L. (Limatulella) SACCO, 1898, p. 16
Type Species:
Lima loscombii G. B. SOWERBY, 1820, explan. Lima fig. 4, OD
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L. (L.) loscombii (G. B. Sowerby), Rec., Scot., 4a, LV ext., 4 b, posterior view bivalve shell, both X1.4 (Cox, n)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Like L. (Limaria) but without appreciable gapes, ornament of weak unequal radial riblets
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Limacea
Family:
Limidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
L. (Limatulella) SACCO, 1898, p. 16
Type Species:
Lima loscombii G. B. SOWERBY, 1820, explan. Lima fig. 4, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
L. (L.) loscombii (G. B. Sowerby), Rec., Scot., 4a, LV ext., 4 b, posterior view bivalve shell, both X1.4 (Cox, n)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Like L. (Limaria) but without appreciable gapes, ornament of weak unequal radial riblets